Early retirement for a long career of the employee

Verified 16 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you started working young person, you can retire front the minimum age of departure normal (set between 62 and 64 years of age depending on your year of birth) if you have a certain period of insurance (all plans combined). We present the conditions to be fulfilled to benefit from this early retirement.

To qualify for early retirement for a long career, you must meet the following conditions:

  • Starting work before 16, 18, 20 or 21 years of age
  • And have a specified number of pension insurance quarters contributors (all plans combined), a number of which were before 16, 18, 20 or 21 years of age.

You can find the insurance term conditions to be fulfilled according to your personal situation using a simulator:

Whether you are concerned about early retirement for a long career

Before any request, make sure you qualify for early retirement for a long career by logging into your personal space on the Pension Insurance website (use the service Getting my retirement age) or by contacting your pension fund.

Pension Insurance - Personal Space

Who shall I contact

If you meet the requirements, you can, from your personal space, make a single application pension plan valid with all your pension plans.

Please note

Don't stop working until you get confirming your status with all your pension plans basic and complementary.

Your early retirement for a long career is calculated under the same conditions any retirement granted to an employee.

You can get a simulation of your pension amount using the service Estimate the amount of my retirement :

Pension Insurance - Personal Space

Who can help me?

Find who can answer your questions in your region

  • Pension insurance - 39 60

    To inform you about your situation, ask a question about your file, access personal information (follow-up of the file, latest payments, etc.).

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     39,60 (or 09 71 10 39 60 from a mobile, a box or the foreigner)

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